The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-01-06
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

The cheer and social festivities OF last
week were seriously interfered with by
the death of General Logan, and there
were many sad households beside the one
at Calumet, the residence of the dead
Senator. The lane leading to the dwell
ing was crowded from the day OF the
death until the body was taken to the
Capitol, with carriages conveying sympa'
thisipg ard heartbroken friends 10 the
house of mourning. On Thursday the
body WIS conveyed, under a large escnit,
to the building in which the Senator had
spent good portion of his active life,
and there it lay in State till the eve of
the new year. From the moment that
the body was placed on the csiafalque in
the rctuuda until q few hours before the
funeral ceremonies, n continuous moving
line of human beings iied past the casket
to take last look upon the face Of the
departed dead. The heavy mourning
cloth which covered the catalalque was
the identical clnih used fer the same pur-
pose at the time that the lamented Lin
coin lay in State in the same place.
The pillars cncirclng the rotunda and
ascending to the dizzy heights of the
gallery, just below the national enible
matte paintings forming ;he dome Of The
rotuuda, were draped in mourning, aud
impaired to the whole scene the solemn
air Of stately mauso!cum. The model
OF the Statute of Liberty enligbtcning
the world, which has for some time stood
in the rotuads, was also ervclnpcd in
heavy mourning, aHd stood forth, like
goddess, with outslreiched hant?s enjoin-
Ing silence on ail who invaded tie sacred
precincts Of the temporary res:ing-pIace
of the dead so!dier statesman. Tie
funeral ceremonies were commenced
promptly at noon on Friday in tie pres
ence of a large a.ssmtiage, among whom
were all the members of the Cabinet in
the city, members of the Diplomatic
Corps. and men prominent in National
affairs without regard to politics. At the
conclusion of The services the remains
we're conducted, under an escort nearly
mile in length, commanded by General
Sheridan, to Rock Greek Cemetery, just
opposite the Soldiers Home, where tie
body was placed in vault, there to re-
main until the legislature of Illinois
grants permission to inter tie remains in
Chicago's grea! park. Rick Cree'; Gem
etery, the present resting place, is
quiet and secluded burial ground outside
the city limits, OF such ancient date that
its chapel is built Of bricks brought over
from England for the purpose, at time
when bricks were not made here. Mrs.
Logan will remain here for some time TO
come, bu; viii probably eventually make
Chicago her permanent home
Calumet" the dead Senator's Washing
ton residence, was no: fully paid for at
the time Of his death, but is already
worth $4,000 more than what the sens.
tor paid for it, SO rapid has been the ad-
vance of property in that section, so that
when Mrs. Logan offers the property for
sale she will realize q handsome sum out
of the investment.
Tie President has been suffering very
much lately from !lis old cncmy-rheu
matism-bu; under the careful nursing
of Mrs. Cleveland is nnw rapidly recov-
ering. The President exposes himself
very little to the uight air, and takes
every precaution possible to ward off the
acute disease, bnt the weather here the
past two weeks has been extremely wet
and cc' y, and such rs is calculated to ag.
gravate rheumatism, which it did in the
case of the President, aud with such fatal
results in the case of Senator Logan.
Mrs. Cleveland this Christmas received
an unusual large number of gifts, there
being hardly sirgle State that did not
include among its citizens more than one
admirer who evidenced the friend!iuess
by handsome present. Many Of the
articles were very costly, but all were ap.
preciated alike-the inexpensive and
costly--thc motive and token Of friend
ship being priced, and not the costliness
of the article.
The Secretary of the Navy is in search
of Superintendent for the new gun
foundry established at the Navy Yard
here, by act of the las. Congress. There
are applicants enough, but the right man
has rot turned up yet. TIL Secretary
has announced that he will receive ap.
plications until the middle Of January,
and that the appointment will be made
by February the Isl. Applicants must
state their qualifications. The salary is
left open and will be fixed after the proper
man is found, it being the wish Of the
Secretary that the man shall make the
salary and not the salary gage the man.
A young man by the name of Ash
toe, son Of the mayor of Asheville, shot